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Mon 24th Dec: Shuttle: Services will operate to a normal Monday timetable EXCEPT: last service Junction to Town 23:00, Town to Junction 23:05. Snow Hill Lines: services begin to wind down early from early evening. Last services Stourbridge Junction…

Pre Metro Operations has joined The Rail Alliance. The organisation comprises around 350 companies focussed on promoting and supporting the rail supply chain in the UK and abroad. Membership of The Rail Alliance will assist PMOL in progressing its marketing…

A new partnership involving leading players in the ultra light rail industry has been launched, with a new website now online. Ultra Light Rail Partners (ULRP) includes Pre Metro Operations Ltd, which operates the successful Stourbridge Shuttle in partnership with…

Exciting new proposals to extend a steam railway and provide a new Ultra Light Rail link in the World Heritage Site of Ironbridge are being proposed. Telford Steam Railway and Pre Metro Operations Ltd are discussing proposals to extend the…

Pic: David Hardwick Photography Stourbridge woman Jo Aldred is celebrating being “one in five million”, after being identified as The Stourbridge Shuttle’s five-millionth passenger. The award-winning service, which operates daily between Stourbridge’s Town and Junction railway stations as part of…

SHUTTLE & SNOW HILL LINE services will operate to a NORMAL WEEKDAY TIMETABLE. CHILTERN RAILWAYS services are expected to be very busy, due to London Euston Station closure across the Bank Holiday weekend. Please check nationalrail.co.uk for details of engineering…

A local community tennis club has been reaping the benefits of sponsorship by Stourbridge Shuttle operator Pre Metro Operations Ltd. Quarry Bank Tennis Club and PMOL arranged a 4-year sponsorship deal in Autumn 2017, and in the first year several…

Pre Metro Operations has become a member of RSSB (Rail Safety and Standards Board) in order to further enhance and share best practice in rail safety. PMOL joins 94 other member companies, including fellow train operating companies, contractors, infrastructure managers…

Stourbridge Shuttle operators Pre Metro Operations are planning a series of tests with a trial railcar, with a view to replicating the success of the Stourbridge operation in other UK locations. The demonstration vehicle was originally used as a trial…

A new Government report has revealed the popularity of light rail and tram networks in the UK, which shows use of this mode of transport has risen by over 40% in the last decade. James Hammett, Managing Director of UK…